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CHAP. 

 VII. 



having light winds and clear weather, a number of large 



and fmall canoes from Mowee and Morotoi came along- 



'fide with the various produce of thofe iflands, which November. 



confifted chiefly of a few fmall pigs, fome fweet potatoes, 



and fugar-cane. At one o'clock, finding that a ftrong 



current was drawing us in very faft between the Weft end. 



of Mowee and the Eafl: end of Morotoi, we hauled off to 



the North by Weft with a very light breeze from the 



Eaft North Eaft. At four o'clock, having drawn a little 



out, and got clear of the current, which fets ftrong to 



the Southward between the iflands, we edged away to the 



North North Weft, the wind then blowing a light breeze 



from the Eaft South Eaft. 



Towards funfct our vifi^ters, after difpofing of their 

 cargoes, took leave of us in a very friendly manner, and' 

 puflied for the fhore. The extremes of Mowee at that 

 time bore from South Weft to South Eaft by Eaft, four 

 leagues ; and. the extremes of Morotoi Weft half South 

 and Weft South Weft half South, five leagues diftant. 



In the afternoon of the 23d, it then being nearly calm, Thurfdayaj. 

 with clear pleafant weather, the Indians that we picked 

 up off the Eaft end of Mowee, took this opportunity of 

 going on fhore. I endeavoured to prevail on them to ftay 

 on board until the morning, that I might have an oppor- 

 tunity of ftanding clofe in fhore, when they might have 

 gone with greater fafety ; but they chofe to go away at this 

 time, and made light of the diftance to the fhore, though 

 it was not lefs than five leagues. Thefe poor fellows did 

 not go away empty-handed ; for befides the prefents they 

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